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Evolving conversations: Cybersecurity as a business risk

Evolving conversations: Cybersecurity as a business risk 03/10/2023 at 08:03 By Help Net Security Board members often lack technical expertise and may not fully grasp cyber risks. On the other hand, CISOs are more accustomed to interfacing with IT staff. This is understandable; the board is responsible for guiding high-level decision-making. They rarely become involved […]

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CISO’s compass: Mastering tech, inspiring teams, and confronting risk

CISO’s compass: Mastering tech, inspiring teams, and confronting risk 03/10/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Okey Obudulu, CISO at Skillsoft, talks about the increasing complexity of the CISO role and challenges they face. He discusses the business environment, tech innovation, the evolving regulatory landscape, limited resources, and budgets. Obudulu

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Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline

Securing GitHub Actions for a safer DevOps pipeline 02/10/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz GitHub Actions provides a platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), enabling your build, test, and deployment process automation. It allows you to establish workflows that build and test each pull request in your repository and deploy approved pull requests

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How should organizations navigate the risks and opportunities of AI?

How should organizations navigate the risks and opportunities of AI? 29/09/2023 at 08:33 By Help Net Security As we realize exciting new advancements in the application of generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) technology, our adversaries are finding ingenious ways to leverage these capabilities to inflict harm. There’s evidence to suggest that offensive actors are using AI

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How to avoid the 4 main pitfalls of cloud identity management

How to avoid the 4 main pitfalls of cloud identity management 28/09/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security Securing cloud identities isn’t easy. Organizations need to complete a laundry list of actions to confirm proper configuration, ensure clear visibility into identities, determine and understand who can take what actions, and on top of it all

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The hidden costs of neglecting cybersecurity for small businesses

The hidden costs of neglecting cybersecurity for small businesses 28/09/2023 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Raffaele Mautone, CEO of Judy Security, talks about the cybersecurity problems that small businesses face and the need for prioritization to save businesses from potential fines and damage to their brand reputation. He also

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The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage

The pitfalls of neglecting security ownership at the design stage 27/09/2023 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz For companies to avoid bleeding millions through cyber threats, they must build adaptability into their security strategy from the start while considering a range of inputs that go beyond the IT and network access aspects. In this Help Net

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Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code?

Are developers giving enough thought to prompt injection threats when building code? 26/09/2023 at 08:32 By Help Net Security With National Coding Week behind us, the development community has had its annual moment of collective reflection and focus on emerging technologies that are shaping the industry. Among these, large language models (LLMs) and “generative AI”

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MITRE ATT&CK project leader on why the framework remains vital for cybersecurity pros

MITRE ATT&CK project leader on why the framework remains vital for cybersecurity pros 26/09/2023 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz MITRE ATT&CK, a common language for cybersecurity professionals to communicate with each other and better understand real-world adversary behaviors, celebrates its 10th anniversary this fall. In this Help Net Security interview, project leader Adam Pennington discusses

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Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats

Hands-on threat simulations: empower cybersecurity teams to confidently combat threats 25/09/2023 at 08:05 By Help Net Security Security processes are increasingly automated which has led some businesses to deprioritize developing their security teams’ defense skills. While antivirus and non-human generated threat detections efficiently identify vulnerabilities, they cannot detect every single threat. With the rising number

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How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy

How global enterprises navigate the complex world of data privacy 25/09/2023 at 07:38 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Evelyn de Souza, Head of Privacy Compliance, Oracle SaaS Cloud, talks about the constant efforts required to keep up with privacy laws in each country, and ensuring compliance across the entire organization. She

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Why more security doesn’t mean more effective compliance

Why more security doesn’t mean more effective compliance 22/09/2023 at 08:31 By Help Net Security Financial institutions have always been a valuable target for cyberattacks. That’s partly why banking and financial institutions are heavily regulated and have more compliance requirements than those in most other industries. A slew of new rules have been put in

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How to set up and speed up Amazon S3 Replication for cross-region data replication

How to set up and speed up Amazon S3 Replication for cross-region data replication 21/09/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Amazon S3 is a simple cloud storage solution enabling effortless storage and retrieval of large amounts of data from different geographies. It’s engineered for scalability, durability, and security, making it a popular option for

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How companies can take control of their cybersecurity

How companies can take control of their cybersecurity 21/09/2023 at 07:17 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Baya Lonqueux, CEO at Reciproc-IT, discusses the evolving cybersecurity landscape and the essential skillsets needed for teams working in this field. The interview highlights the shift from technical expertise to a focus on organizational and

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What AppSec and developers working in cloud-native environments need to know

What AppSec and developers working in cloud-native environments need to know 20/09/2023 at 08:05 By Help Net Security All enterprise organizations are, in essence, software publishers, regardless of their industry. This is because every enterprise relies on custom software applications for managing internal processes, interacting with customers, or analyzing data, making them creators and distributors

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Balancing budget and system security: Approaches to risk tolerance

Balancing budget and system security: Approaches to risk tolerance 19/09/2023 at 08:16 By Help Net Security Data breaches are a dime a dozen. Although it’s easy to look at that statement negatively, the positive viewpoint is that, as a result, cybersecurity professionals have plenty of learning moments. Learning what went wrong and why can be

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An inside look at NetSPI’s impressive Breach and Attack Simulation platform

An inside look at NetSPI’s impressive Breach and Attack Simulation platform 19/09/2023 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Scott Sutherland, VP of Research at NetSPI, delves into the intricacies of their Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) platform and discusses how it offers unique features – from customizable procedures to advanced

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Industrial cybersecurity giant Dragos rakes in new funding, sets sights on global expansion

Industrial cybersecurity giant Dragos rakes in new funding, sets sights on global expansion 18/09/2023 at 12:32 By Mirko Zorz Today, Dragos revealed that it has secured a $74 million Series D extension funding round, spearheaded by the strategic operating and investment firm WestCap. The funding extension comes when global governments and infrastructure providers increasingly acknowledge

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Modernizing fraud prevention with machine learning

Modernizing fraud prevention with machine learning 15/09/2023 at 08:33 By Help Net Security The number of digital transactions has skyrocketed. As consumers continue to spend and interact online, they have growing expectations for security and identity verification. As fraudsters become savvier and more opportunistic, there’s an increased need for businesses to protect customers from fraud

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Great security training is a real challenge

Great security training is a real challenge 14/09/2023 at 07:31 By Help Net Security All employees need security training, yet it’s generally a resented afterthought. A variety of studies over years show that human error is generally felt to be the largest vulnerability in organizations. For technology companies like SaaS providers, who also need to

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